All Features articles – Page 113
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FeaturesSouth-east Asia - getting warmer
With booming economies and rapid population growth, South-east Asia is on the UK government’s radar – but are British construction companies too late to the party?
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FeaturesLead times: April-June 2018
More packages experienced an increase in lead times than in the previous quarter, while a growing number of companies are struggling to find skilled labour as workloads increase
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FeaturesEastern promise
Jim Dunton looks at whether Japan’s successful ‘car factory’ approach could help British housebuilders meet the government’s 300,000-units-a-year target in the future
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FeaturesCutting-edge BIM
Automation, 3D modelling and generative design processes are no longer a pipe dream – they are transforming how flagship developments are constructed. Jamie Harris looks at two pioneering projects using technology to create results that couldn’t have been achieved without BIM
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 2005
This week, we interviewed James Lidgate, chief executive of Legal & General Homes, who is on a mission to produce 15,000 homes a year with the help of modular design. However, long before the 2017 government white paper called for offsite strategies, and the current rallying cry for modular, there ...
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Affordable housing project, Ladywell, south-east London
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by project architect Sarah Ernst at Architype
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FeaturesImage of the week: A flying visit
Thousands of onlookers lined the Mall and the royals watched from a Buckingham Palace balcony as “up to 100” aircraft took part in the centenary celebrations of the Royal Air Force
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FeaturesOnline poll: Modular housing take-off
This week’s poll: Are we finally about to see modular techniques take off and solve the UK’s much-publicised housing crisis?
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FeaturesBreaking the traditional housing model: James Lidgate talks to Building
L G has ambitious plans to set up a diversified housing business delivering 15,000 homes a year – a large share of them modular
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FeaturesProjects: For a new generation
On a vast regeneration site in London’s Wembley Park, developer Quintain is building what it hopes will be the UK’s largest build-to-rent scheme
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FeaturesAnalysis: Carillion by numbers
Since the contracting giant went bust six months ago, a mess of startling facts and figures have emerged into the public domain. Dave Rogers picks his way through
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FeaturesReinventing construction: how does the industry keep up?
At Ryder Architecture’s launch of the Reinvention for an Exceptional Construction Industry campaign, some of the industry’s key voices discussed the steps we need to take to transform the industry.
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FeaturesImperial Green: An award-winning haven of new homes in Hythe, Kent
Stannah Lifts has supplied and installed (and will maintain) 38 lift products in Imperial Green, a high-specification development of 75, two-, three- and four-bedroom townhouses and apartments in Hythe, a peaceful, coastal market town on the fringe of Romney Marsh.
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FeaturesInfrastructure update: the road to electric
The motor industry is gradually shifting to electric vehicles, but the rate of adoption is highly dependent on the rollout of charging infrastructure
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FeaturesGet smart: the digital revolution is just beginning
The mainstream use of BIM and emerging technologies that harness big data are just the foundations of the UK’s next digital revolution: smart cities where data will link buildings and infrastructure in a way that could transform our lives. What hurdles do we need to overcome to make this a ...
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FeaturesOnline poll: Network Rail’s retentions ban
This week’s poll: Will Network Rail’s ban on retentions prompt other clients to follow suit before government legislates to tackle unfair payment practices?
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FeaturesWill WELL cure all ills?
Building performance used to be all about energy efficiency, but now wellbeing is the big preoccupation for clients, designers and builders.
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FeaturesAir con: not seen or heard
New high-end residential properties need climate control systems that fit quietly and almost invisibly into buildings while responding to the varying needs of occupants. This guide, sponsored by Daikin, explains the range of solutions available
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FeaturesWishful thinking: dream infrastructure projects
Imagine this: money is no object and you’re tasked with introducing infrastructure projects to improve cities and regions across the UK. What does the country need?
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FeaturesImage of the week: Mad dogs and Englishmen
As Britons wonder at the unexpected continuance of summer, City workers escape their desks to bask in the midday sun